The story of Artem Sablin from Tolyatti “spun” already on March 10, 2018. Then his car was stopped by the traffic police to check documents. At the same time, they discovered that the driver smells like alcohol and behaves like a drunk. “Purge” on the breathalyzer confirmed that Sablin was not sober. He told police that he had been drinking beer and agreed with the results of the investigation. The traffic police officers denied him driving the car, sent him to the confiscated premises and issued a protocol under Part 1 of Article 12.8 of the Code of Administrative Offenses on the act of drunk driving.

As required by procedure, all papers were drawn up in the presence of two witnesses. In addition, one of them turned out to be a police officer, who apparently dropped by on personal business during his full-time service.

After that, the Sablin case began to travel through the courts. The first to think about it was the magistrate of section No. 115 of Tolyatti, Samara region, who terminated the proceedings for the lack of an administrative violation. He concluded that the presence of a police officer among the testifying witnesses contradicted the requirement of Article 25.7 of the Code of Administrative Violations regarding disinterest. Representatives of law enforcement agencies, of course, disagreed and appealed the decision of the justice of the peace – they believed that he had not fully examined the file material.

The story of Artem Sablin from Togliatti “spun” already on March 10, 2018. Then his car was stopped by the traffic police to check documents. At the same time, they found that the driver smelled of alcohol and acted like a drunk. “Purge” on the breathalyzer confirmed that Sablin was not sober. He told police that he had been drinking beer and agreed with the results of the investigation. The traffic police officers denied him driving the car, sent him to the confiscated premises and issued a protocol under Part 1 of Article 12.8 of the Code of Administrative Offenses on the act of drunk driving.

As required by procedure, all papers were drawn up in the presence of two witnesses. In addition, one of them turned out to be a police officer, who apparently dropped by on personal business during his full-time service.

After that, the Sablin case began to travel through the courts. The first to think about it was the magistrate of section No. 115 of Togliatti, Samara region, who terminated the proceedings for the lack of an administrative offense. He concluded that the presence of a police officer among the testifying witnesses contradicted the requirement of Article 25.7 of the Code of Administrative Violations regarding disinterest. Representatives of law enforcement agencies, of course, disagreed and appealed the decision of the justice of the peace – they believed that he had not fully examined the file material.